Property Record
202 S WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GUSTAV HAFEMEISTER HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 65710 |
| Location (Address): | 202 S WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | South Washington Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/26/2003 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/18/2003 |
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| Additional Information: | This was the home of Gustav Hafemeister, an insurance salesman; between c. 1919 and c. 1936. Built c. 1910, this one and a half story gabled house has a wide eave overhang with exposed rafter ends, decorative brackets in the gable and bargeboards on the gable ends as well as on the cross gable. A massive fieldstone exterior chimney and a full-length porch with bracketed eaves supported by shingled posts placed on the fieldstone rail are additional Craftsman features of this bungalow. A three-sided bay on the lower facade, a four-part front window with denticulated cornice and multipaned window sashes over clear plate glass further characterize this Craftsman style bungalow. The Gustav Hafemeister bungalow is signifiant under criterion C as an example of the Craftsman style bungalow. Clearly the best example among the very few good examples of the bungalow style in the city, this house exhibits the exposed structural members such as rafter ends, and the natural materials and colors such as the fieldstone chimney and porch and the brown color of the wood surfaces characteristic of the Craftsman bungalow style. Other good examples of the bungalow style in the city is the Craftsman bungalow at 118 No. 7th (47/27) and the vernacular bungalow at 823 Richards Avenue. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) 1909, 1915 Sanborn Maps. (B) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |